Rep.Ralph Norman, R-S.C., criticized Senate Republican leaders for taking a five-week recess while conservative priorities, including the SAVE America Act, remained stalled in the Senate.Speaking on the "Fox News Rundown" podcast recently, Norman discussed his campaign and scolded Senate Majority Leader John Thune for allowing the break with so many issues in flux."To go on a five-week hiatus is an abomination to — and a slap in the face of — people all over this country.
That's what I want to change," Norman told Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.SEN RICK SCOTT: AMERICANS WORK FIVE DAYS A WEEK, WHY CAN’T THE SENATE?Rep.Ralph Norman, R-S.C., speaks with reporters ahead of a House Republican Conference meeting with President Donald Trump at the U.S.
Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.Republicans met to discuss the budget reconciliation bill.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Senators began their break on Aug.8 and won’t return to Washington, D.C., until Sept.
14.Several conservative priorities remain stalled in the Senate, including the SAVE America Act, a House-passed bill requiring documentary proof of U.S.
citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.Norman said there’s "no more important legislation than the SAVE Act" and called on senators to focus on passing it. "If we don't know that American citizens are voting for the leaders of our great country, what do we have? We don't have a democracy," Norman said.He criticized the Senate’s progress on conservative priorities but stopped short of calling for Thune’s removal as Majority leader.TRUMP'S VOTER ID BILL CATCHES UNLIKELY BREAK AS MCCONNELL REMAINS SIDELINED"Here's what disappoints me with Sen.Thune: I like him.
I've met him.What frustrates me is we keep hearing the same refrain.
'We don't have the votes.' How long are we going to hear that? Are you staying in session, or are you going on a five-week hiatus like they did?" Norman sai...